Short Film Tag Archive

Documentary

Jonny White Shifts Visual Representations of Vulnerable Masculinity in Personal Doc ‘The Voices of Men’

Jonny White aims to alter prejudices in his short doc 'The Voices of Men' which sees a rare vulnerability from the perspective of anonymous male voices.

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Killing Small Animals

Live Action

Marcus Svanberg on Creating a Chilling Silent Film with the Disturbing ‘Killing Small Animals’

Marcus Svanberg shares his process for creating the portrait of a disturbed woman in the dialogue-free chiller 'Killing Small Animals'.

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Live Action

Dimitri Yuri’s ‘Falling Leaves’ Sees a Young Girl Inducted Into the Family Business of Preparing Corpses

Dimitri Yuri explains how his filmic obsession with death led him to create 'Falling Leaves' a short drama about a young girl's introduction to embalming.

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Documentary, Premiere

Pedro and James Confront Collective Fears of the Covid Crisis in Powerfully Personal Yet Global Doc ‘Pandemic’

Pedro and James discuss capturing the realities of the Covid crisis in a global doc which feels expansive, intimately personal and ultimately hopeful.

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Glasgow Short Film Festival

Film Festival

10 of the Best from Glasgow Short Film Festival 2020

The Glasgow Short Film Festival showcases the need to incubate new talent in a time of fractured cinema-going. Here are DN's 10 favourites of the fest.

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Live Action

How Coz Greenop Used the Life Experiences of Leeds’ Sex Workers to Shape Gritty Drama ‘Sweet Street’

Coz Greenop talks to DN about striking the right balance for his gritty slice-of-life drama of a sex worker's struggle to survive in 'Sweet Street'.

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Documentary

Charlie Watts Archives the Personal Effect of Lockdown in the UK for His Pandemic Documentary ‘Distant Future’

Charlie Watts hits the UK streets to detail how life under lockdown has affected the local residents of his community for pandemic doc 'Distant Future'.

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Documentary

Edy Recendez Traces the Origins of Dance Back to Its African Roots in Celebratory Short ‘Movement for Change’

Celebrating that much of today's dance originated in Africa, Edy Recendez's 'Movement of Change' offers up the hope of greater cultural understanding.

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Documentary, Premiere

Harvey Eaton Unveils the Globe-Trotting Richness of a Life Well Lived in Beauteous Short ‘Bet on Yourself’

Harvey Eaton draws from an almost bottomless well of enthralling anecdotes after stumbling across one of life's rich characters in 'Bet on Yourself'.

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Waves

Documentary

Jessie Ayles on Empowering Disadvantaged Women Through Storytelling in South African Surf Doc ‘Waves’

Shot in the notorious Lavender Hill district of Cape Town, Jessie Ayles' Waves' is a remarkable story of three young girls who find solace in surfing.

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Live Action

Bailey Tom Bailey Makes an Existential Inquiry Into Male Anatomy in Darkly Comic ‘The History of Nipples’

Bailey Tom Bailey walks DN through the squeamish practical effects behind his wince-inducing comical body horror short 'The History of Nipples'.

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Locarno Shorts

Film Festival

The Best Short Films of Locarno Film Festival 2020

This collection of Locarno's best short films reveals the Swiss festival's humanist impulse, curating a variety of stories about comings and goings.

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